The Samoans: A Global Family (Humanities; 4) - Hardcover

Sutter, Frederic Koehler

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0824812387 ISBN 13: 9780824812386

Publisher: University of Hawaii Press, 1989

Synopsis

Ua fuifui faatasi, ae vaoeseese
"Gathered into one flock from different parts of the forest"

The beauty of this Samoan proverb poetically describes The Samoans: A Global Family. From the tea estates of Sri Lanka to the deserts of the Sudan, from the Himalayas of Bhutan to the jungles of Brazil, and from the People's Republic of China to Papua New Guinea, a family is gathered in 285 color photographs captioned with the proverbs of 30 languages.

Each person recounts his or her autobiography: a cardinal in Rome, a cowboy in the outback of Australia, a champion sumo wrestler in Japan, a jet pilot in nothern Alaska, an NFL football player at the Super Bowl, a nun in the slums of Lima, Peru. Each brings a story from his part of the "forest."

The book is the result of a two-and-a-half-year odyssey around the world, through 45 countries and 20 states and into the lives of over 125 Samoans documenting what it means to be Samoan not only in Samoa but in the farthest reaches of the globe.

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Review:

"[Shows] the other side of Samoan migration through the eyes of Samoans who have made their lives in the farthest reaches of the globe. . . . Worth its weight in fine mats."

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0824812387
• ISBN 13: 9780824812386
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 232